CVE - CVE-2021-43538

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-43538	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
By misusing a race in our notification code, an attacker could have forcefully hidden the notification for pages that had received full screen and pointer lock access, which could have been used for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0, Firefox ESR < 91.4.0, and Firefox < 95.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-5026 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5026 DEBIAN:DSA-5034 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034 GENTOO:GLSA-202202-03 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03 GENTOO:GLSA-202208-14 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 URL:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1739091 MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-52/ MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-53/ MISC:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ URL:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-54/ MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20211229 [SECURITY] [DLA 2863-1] firefox-esr security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00030.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20220104 [SECURITY] [DLA 2874-1] thunderbird security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20211108	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20211108)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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